USC sophomore Michael Norman set a collegiate record in the men’s 400 meters Friday during the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in Eugene, Ore.

Norman finished with a time of 43.61 seconds, shattering the previous mark set last year by Texas A&M’s Fred Kerley by 0.09 seconds. His time also broke Michael Johnson’s 43.74-second record at historic Hayward Field.

In March, the 20-year-old sprinter had set an indoor world record with a winning time of 44.52 seconds in the 400 meters at the NCAA indoor track and field championships in College Station, Texas. Norman’s time in the 400 on Friday was the sixth-fastest all-time.

Norman, a Vista Murrieta High product, helped the Trojans finish in fourth place for the men’s team championship, totaling 34 points behind Georgia (52), which won the team title, followed by Florida (42) and Houston (35). It was the highest finish for the program since 2014, when it tied for fourth.

High jumper Randall Cunningham had been the last USC participant to win an NCAA men’s individual title in 2016.

The 400 time from Norman was among three record-breaking run finishes by the Trojans at the men’s championship.

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Junior Rai Benjamin posted a 47.02-second time in the 400-meter hurdles to set a new collegiate record, surpassing a mark by Florida’s Kerron Clement by more than half a second. Clement ran a 47.56 in 2005. Benjamin’s time was also tied for the second-fastest in history.

USC’s 4×400 relay team, including senior Ricky Morgan Jr., Benjamin, freshman Zach Shinnick and Norman as the anchor, set a collegiate record with a time of 2:59:00

Joey Kaufman is the USC beat writer for the Southern California News Group. Since joining the Orange County Register in 2015, he has also covered Major League Baseball and UCLA athletics. His work has been recognized by the Associated Press Sports Editors and Football Writers Association of America. Kaufman grew up in beautiful downtown Burbank.